Special Guests for SIFF 2025

One of the best things about the Seattle International Film Festival is hearing directly from those involved in the film's creation! Here's a list of guests scheduled to attend, which we'll keep up-to-date. Don't miss these guests in person at their screenings for Q&As moderated by our programmers.

Feature Films

Baby Doe
Director Jessica Earnshaw and co-producer John Rudolf scheduled to attend.

BAR
Director Don Hardy scheduled to attend.

Beginnings
Producer Eva Jakobsen and cast Bjørk Storm scheduled to attend.

Between Goodbyes
Director Jota Mun scheduled to attend.

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Director Kahlil Joseph scheduled to attend.

By Design
Cast member Alisa Torres scheduled to attend.

Cat Town, USA
Director Jonathan Napolitano and producer James Gannon scheduled to attend.

The Chef & The Daruma
Director Mads Baekkevold, producer Matthew Dix, and subject Chef Hidekazu Tojo scheduled to attend.

Color Book
Director David Fortune and producer Kristen Uno scheduled to attend.

Come See Me in the Good Light
Executive Producers Catherine and Brandi Carlile scheduled to introduce May 17 screening, followed by a post-screening Q&A with Director Ryan White and producers Jessica Hargrave and Stef Willen.

Drowned Land
Director Colleen Thurston, cinematographer Charles Elmore, and subjects Charlotte Roberts and Spencer Holmes scheduled to attend.

Evergreens
Writer/Director Jared Briley scheduled to attend.

Fucktoys
Director Annapurna Sriram scheduled to attend.

Flamingos: Life After the Meteorite
Director Lorenzo Hagerman and producer Jose Cohen scheduled to attend.

Four Mothers
Writer Colin Thornton scheduled to attend.

Freeing Juanita
Producer Tristan Call and director's partner Caitlin Brzezinski scheduled to attend.

The Gloria of your Imagination
Director Jennifer Reeves and co-producer Randy Sterns scheduled to attend.

Home Sweet Home
Director Frelle Peterson and producer Jonas Bagger scheduled to attend.

Idyllic
Director Aaron Rookus scheduled to attend.

Invention
Director Courtney Stephens scheduled to attend.

Jean Cocteau
Producer/Editor John Northrup scheduled to attend.

Know Her Name
Producer Heidi Lasi scheduled to attend.

The Librarians
Director Kim A. Snyder and librarian Gavin Downing scheduled to attend.

Monarch City
Director Titus Richard scheduled to attend.

Mongrels
Director Jerome Yoo scheduled to attend.

Monk in Pieces
Director Billy Shebar scheduled to attend.

The Nature of Invisible Things
Director Rafaela Camelo scheduled to attend.

New Jack Fury
Director Lanfia Wal scheduled to attend.

Paul Anka: His Way
Director John Maggio scheduled to attend May 23 screening.

Paying For It
Director Sook-Yin Lee scheduled to attend.

Raptures
Director Jon Blåhed and producer Andreas Emanuelsson scheduled to attend.

Ready or Not
Director Claire Frances Byrne scheduled to attend.

Remaining Native
Director Paige Bethmann, producer Jessica Epstein, cast member Ku Stevens and executive producer Billy Mills (Olympic Gold Medalist) scheduled to attend.

She's The He
Director Siobhan McCarthy and producers Vic Brandt and Halley Albert scheduled to attend.

Slanted
Director Amy Wang scheduled to attend.

Sorry, Baby
Director Eva Victor scheduled to attend.

Sudden Outbursts of Emotions
Writer/Director Paula Korva scheduled to attend.

Starman
Director Robert Stone and cast member Gentry Lee scheduled to attend.

Suburban Fury
Director Robinson Devor, producer Jason Reid, executive producer/head archivist Bob Fink, and co-producer Matt Levinthal scheduled to attend.

Summer's Camera
Director/Screenwriter Divine Sung scheduled to attend.

Time Travel Is Dangerous
Director Chris Reading and co-writers/producers Hillary and Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare scheduled to attend.

Tinā
Director Miki Magasiva and subject Beulah Koale scheduled to attend.

Wolf Land
Director Sarah Hoffman and editor David Wulzen scheduled to attend.

Short Films

Acting Out
Director Mellony Ledo and producer Solomon Fezer scheduled to attend.

Arman
Director/Writer/Co-Producer Farzad Kiyafar and executive producer Graydon Agar scheduled to attend.

Buscando Alma
Director Melissa Fisher, producer Katie Gunderson, editor Tyler Cherman, and producer Kai de Mello-Folsom scheduled to attend.

Counterweight
Director/Editor/Cinematographer Christian Sorensen Hansen and Director Austin Wilson scheduled to attend.

Dancing in Tomorrowland
Director Jakob Roston and producer Nazanin Nematollahi scheduled to attend.

Dear Aloha
Director Cris Romento scheduled to attend.

Detours Ahead
Director Esther Cheung scheduled to attend.

The Distance
Co-Director Tommy Heffernan and co-director/writer/lead actor Sean Nguyen scheduled to attend.

Dormilón
Writer/Director Olivia Valdez, producer Katherine Martinez DeLeon, and cinematographer S. Lakmé Iyengar scheduled to attend.

Eras
Director Anna Samuels scheduled to attend.

Far Away
Director Emily Murnane, actor Caroline Cotter, producer/director of photography Andrew Daugherty, and actor/producer/writer Alyssa Limperis scheduled to attend.

The First
Liaison Deb Hamilton scheduled to attend.

Five Star
Director Kai Hasson and cinematographer Alex Jacobs scheduled to attend.

The Garden Sees Fire
Director Kiera Faber and animator Benjamin Faber scheduled to attend.

Glass Quest
Director Georgia Krause scheduled to attend.

The Great Cherokee Grandmother
Director/Writer/Producer Anthony Sneed scheduled to attend.

Handwoven
Director/Producer Dasha Levin and director/producer Mason Cazalet scheduled to attend.

Heaven is Nobody's
Director/Writer Hector Prats and producer Heather Francis scheduled to attend.

Humantis
Director Paris Baillie scheduled to attend.

I Could Dom
Writer/Director/Actor Madison Hatfield and producer Rocco Shapiro scheduled to attend.

ISAAC
Director/Editor/Producer Trip Breslin scheduled to attend.

Kisses and Bullets
Director Faranak Sahafian and producer Pooria Ansari scheduled to attend.

Late For the Orgy
Writer/Director Nesib CB Shamah scheduled to attend.

The Lonely Life of Lint
Director/Animator Sarah Sklar scheduled to attend.

Masks
Director/Writer Andre LeBlanc and producer James Miller scheduled to attend.

Medusa
Director Sarah Meyohas scheduled to attend.

Mr. Static
Director Mike Williamson scheduled to attend.

Munkha
Director Alexander Moruo and screenwriter Tatiana Ushnitskaia scheduled to attend.

My Boo
Director/Producer/Writer Stephanie Röst and lead actor Jessica Faust scheduled to attend.

My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like
Director/Producer Aric Allen scheduled to attend.

The Orange at the Seder
Writer/Director Jacob Combs scheduled to attend.

Pow!
Writer/Director/EP Joey Clift and co-producer Goldie Chan scheduled to attend.

Rat Rod
Co-Director Jared Jakins scheduled to attend.

RAT!
Director/Writer/Actor Neal Mulani scheduled to attend.

Red-Shaded Green
Director Johannes Vang and cinematographer Birk Øren scheduled to attend.

Seventh Heaven
Director Syrus Gupta scheduled to attend.

Shelly's Leg
Director Wes Hurley scheduled to attend.

Slush
Director Ashley George scheduled to attend.

Speak With The Dead
Director/Writer Stephanie Paris and co-writer Paul Losada scheduled to attend.

Speed Queen 51
Writer/Director Sarah Nocquet scheduled to attend.

STARGAZER
Director/Writer/Producer Justin Robert Vinall scheduled to attend.

Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
Producer Gavin Sullivan scheduled to attend.

Tiger
Director Loren Waters and cinematographer Robert Hunter scheduled to attend.

Two Black Boys in Paradise
Animator Kecy Salangad scheduled to attend.

Two Dreams
Director Salise Hughes scheduled to attend.

View from the Floor
Director/Creator/Narrator/Composer Mindie Lind and director Megan Griffiths scheduled to attend.

We Were the Scenery
Writer/Producer Cathy Linh Che scheduled to attend.

Your Own Flavor
Director Alisha Ketry, actor/crew Chris Stephens, art director Rothwell Polk, and production designer Abigail Childs scheduled to attend.